Tuned to Yesterday
10 p.m. to midnight - Nightly
Decades ago, WRVO Public Media began broadcasting old time radio with a small collection comprising 20 reel to real tapes. Today the collection includes nearly 5,000 reels and over 16,000 broadcasts.
"Tuned to Yesterday" is public radio's premier old time radio show, hosted by Mark Lavonier. The highest quality broadcasts are restored and played as they were heard years and years ago. You'll hear programs like "The Whistler," "The Jack Benny Show," "Fibber McGee and Molly," "Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy," and "Gunsmoke" -- spanning all genres.
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Comedy: People Are Funny “The Con Man” 1/5/54 CBS, Bob Hope Show “Guest: Gracie Allen” 3/25/52 NBC.
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Adventure: John Steel, Adventurer “The Cape or the Shroud” 12/7/54 MBS / AFRS, Escape “Typhoon” 7/28/47 CBS.
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Drama: Encore Theater “Dark Victory” 7/30/46 CBS, Suspense “Pages From a Diary” 8/19/62 CBS.
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Science Fiction: X Minus One “Venus is a Man’s World” 2/6/57 NBC, Quiet Please “Man Who Stole a Planet” 7/26/48 MBS.
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Series: Les Miserables “Conclusion” Part 7 9/3/37 MBS, Shadow of Fu Manchu “#20” 6/21/39 Syndicated, Firefighters “Episode #7” 11/22/49 Syndicated.
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Science Fiction: Escape “Zero Hour” 10/4/63 CBS, Quiet, Please “If I Should Die Before I Wake” 2/27/49 MBS.
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Variety: Paul Whiteman Presents #11 “Guest: Jimmy Durante” 8/15/43 NBC, Command Performance #10 4/23/42 AFRS.
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Drama: Escape “The Game” 8/30/53 CBS, Radio City Playhouse “The Dark Hour” 9/25/48 NBC.
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Sitcom: Burns and Allen “Gracie’s Filling Station” 5/29/47 NBC, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet “Impressing Girls” 11/21/48 CBS.
